Present
Presente · now, habits and facts
- yo I toast
- tú you toast
- usted, él, ella he/she toasts
- nosotros we toast
- vosotros Spain you all toast
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they toast
SPANISH VERB
brindar
to toast
- #413 most used
- Regular -ar verb
- Gerund: brindando
- Past participle: brindado
Conjugation
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
Past
Pretérito indefinido · finished actions
- yo I toasted
- tú you toasted
- usted, él, ella he/she toasted
- nosotros we toasted
- vosotros Spain you all toasted
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they toasted
Imperfect
Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”
- yo I used to toast
- tú you used to toast
- usted, él, ella he/she used to toast
- nosotros we used to toast
- vosotros Spain you all used to toast
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to toast
Future
Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common
- yo I will toast
- tú you will toast
- usted, él, ella he/she will toast
- nosotros we will toast
- vosotros Spain you all will toast
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they will toast
Conditional
Condicional · “would”
- yo I would toast
- tú you would toast
- usted, él, ella he/she would toast
- nosotros we would toast
- vosotros Spain you all would toast
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they would toast
Present subjunctive
Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”
- yo (that) I toast
- tú (that) you toast
- usted, él, ella (that) he/she toast
- nosotros (that) we toast
- vosotros Spain (that) you all toast
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they toast
Past subjunctive
Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”
- yo (if) I toasted
- tú (if) you toasted
- usted, él, ella (if) he/she toasted
- nosotros (if) we toasted
- vosotros Spain (if) you all toasted
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they toasted
Imperative
Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)
- tú toast!
- usted toast! (formal)
- nosotros toast! (let’s)
- vosotros Spain toast! (all of you)
- ustedes toast! (all of you)
How to use brindar
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
Brindamos por los novios con vino de Jerez.
We toast the newlyweds with sherry.
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Past
Anoche brindamos por el nuevo trabajo de Ana.
Last night we toasted Ana's new job.
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Imperfect
En Nochevieja siempre brindábamos con cava en casa.
On New Year's Eve we always toasted with cava at home.
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Future
Esta noche brindaremos por tu cumpleaños, abuelo.
Tonight we'll drink to your birthday, grandad.
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Conditional
Yo brindaría con agua, que tengo que conducir.
I'd toast with water, I have to drive.
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Present subjunctive
Quiero que brindéis conmigo por este año tan bueno.
I want you all to toast with me to such a good year.
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Past subjunctive
Me pidieron que brindara por los recién casados.
They asked me to toast the newlyweds.
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Imperative
¡Brindad por la salud, que es lo importante!
Toast to health, that's what matters!
Good to know
- Brindar por alguien is to drink to someone; the toast itself is "un brindis".
Where you hear brindar
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Spanish · Advanced Level 3
- Brindo por mis amigos. I drink to my friends.
- Hemos brindado por el idioma. We've drunk to the language.
- En diciembre brindaremos en la boda. In December we'll make a toast at the wedding.
Spanish · Fluency Level 1
- En este bar brindamos por todo, hasta por los lunes. In this bar we drink a toast to everything, even Mondays.
- En la boda brindé por Lucía y Pablo, y fui breve. At the wedding I proposed a toast to Lucia and Pablo, and I was brief.
- Cuando cumpla ochenta, brindaremos con manzanilla. When I turn eighty, we'll drink a toast with manzanilla.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.